LOCAL GROUPS URGES LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON AIR TOXICS
By Ella Tyler The report “Toxic Pollution and Health†released this week by Environment Texas shows that the Houston-Galveston area leads the nation in industrial emissions of air toxics.
HEARINGS ON PROPOSED CLEAN AIR PLAN TO BE HELD MONDAY
By Ella Tyler The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will hold hearings on its proposed clean air plan on Monday, Jan 29. Two sessions are scheduled, one beginning at 2 pm and the second beginning at 6 pm.
A PRIMER ON “FAST-TRACK†PERMITS
By Ella Tyler Environmental activists from across the state will be meeting in Austin on February 11 and 12 to rally and lobby against issuing permits for proposed new coal-fired power plants under a fast-track procedure authorized by Texas governor Rick Perry in October 2005.